One-world theory

From
Patrick Johnson

Hugh Everett’s many-worlds view of quantum mechanics has implications for the fate of the universe (24 November 2007, p 52). Suppose there is a 90 per cent probability that within the next hour the “false vacuum” containing our universe will decay into a zero-energy ground state containing no material universe. This implies that 9 out of 10 parallel universes splitting at this point will contain a zero-energy vacuum, and that 1 in 10 will contain a universe closely resembling ours.

Unless there is a 100 per cent certainty that our universe will be annihilated at the end of some …